The State of Obama’s Union

By: Mark Impomeni (Diary)  |  January 27th at 12:00 PM  | 

As we approach President Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address, it is worth taking a look at where Obama stands with the public one year into The One’s presidency. As previously discussed here, Obama began his term with higher approval ratings that any president since John F. Kennedy, and lower disapproval ratings of any president except George H. W. Bush.  But a year | Read More »

Time for the GOP to Get Out of the Way

By: Mark Impomeni (Diary)  |  January 8th at 11:00 AM  | 

With yesterday’s announcement from the Congressional Budget Office that the fiscal year 2009 federal budget deficit is projected to be $1.2 trillion dollars, Republicans in the House and Senate should realize that the time has come for them to pull their support for any economic stimulus package proposed by the incoming Obama Administration. The CBO’s budget numbers don’t include the as yet unseen stimulus bill, | Read More »